Question

four students are determining the probability of flipping a coin and it landing heads up. each flips a coin the number of times shown in the table below.

student	number of flips
brady	10
collin	80
deshawn	20

which student is most likely to find that the actual number of times his or her coin lands heads up most closely matches the predicted number of heads - up landings?
o ana
o brady
o collin
o deshawn

Explanation:

Step1: Recall probability concept

The theoretical probability of a coin - flip landing heads up is $P(heads)=\frac{1}{2}$. The law of large numbers states that as the number of trials increases, the experimental probability gets closer to the theoretical probability.

Step2: Compare number of flips

We compare the number of flips for each student: Ana has 50 flips, Brady has 10 flips, Collin has 80 flips, and Deshawn has 20 flips. Since Collin has the largest number of flips among them.

Answer:

C. Collin